Orca Emulator — Android (adb / emulator powered)

Drive an Android emulator or adb-connected device from within Orca using orca emulator ... commands. The Android backend shells out to the Android SDK (adb, emulator, avdmanager) that Android Studio installs, so it works on Windows, Linux, and macOS — unlike the iOS backend (orca-emulator), which is macOS-only. Device control uses adb shell input, so it works without any extra streaming server.

Status: device discovery + lifecycle + full input/capability control are live. The embedded 60fps visual pane (scrcpy/H.264) is in development — for now, watch the device in Android Studio's emulator window while you drive it from the CLI.

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